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People protest against Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

EU ambassadors to meet Sunday in response to Trump’s Greenland tariffs

Some European parliamentarians are calling for economic counter-measures

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Trump’s Greenland threats give boost to Churchill port expansion

Already in planning for years, new infrastructure in the northern Manitoba town could help commerce, but also protect Canada’s sovereignty

Jeffrey Jones and Photography by Matt Horseman

The Port of Churchill on the shore of Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba on January 14, 2026.

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Electric cars wait to be loaded on the 'BYD Explorer No. 1,' a vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province, Jan. 10, 2024.

Foreign automakers who build vehicles in Canada will get preferential market access, official says

New auto policy coming in February will give favourable access to foreign firms that make cars in Canada

Steven Chase

3 min read

Elie Bérubé stands at the entrance of the warming centre in Bathurst, N.B., on Jan. 16, 2026. Ranz Bontogon/The Globe and Mail

Small and remote towns across Canada are struggling with a surge in homelessness

Unsheltered population has doubled or tripled in remote or rural regions ill-equipped to help

Molly Hayes, Temur Durrani, Frances Bula and Lindsay Jones

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Heidi Earnshaw is pictured in her studio in Lanark, Ont. The woodworker and designer is the subject of Slow Furniture, an exhibition of recent work at Toronto's Craft Ontario Gallery during the DesignTO festival.

Heidi Earnshaw in her studio in Lanark, Ont. The woodworker and designer is the subject of Slow Furniture, an exhibition of recent work at Toronto's Craft Ontario Gallery during the DesignTO festival.

Less tech in our homes, more craftsmanship: Where design is headed in 2026

As design week kicks off in Toronto, designers discuss where the look, feel and function of our living spaces could go next

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The Sunday Editorial: Mark Carney walks a fine line on China

Canada can use trade with China to offset economic pressure from the United States, but the Prime Minister must ensure that does not increase Beijing’s capacity for mischief

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How we live

Go ahead moms, dads and teens – swear if you need to. Just be mindful of how you do it

The words we use matter less than the intention and context we use them with

David Robertson

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Bookworm chic is hot right now – even if you don’t actually read

Nathalie Atkinson

The Dior Men Summer 2026 looks includes a book cover collection of totes.

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How a barrel cellar can show you a winemaker’s priorities

Christopher Waters

The ambitious Haywire Winery, which got its start as Okanagan Crush Pad, uses an assortment of large format concrete vessels and smaller egg-shaped containers, along with stainless steel tanks and large oak foudres as part of its winemaking operation.

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Reno at London’s Kew greenhouse forces its residents to make like trees and leave

Ian Brown and Photography by Justin Griffiths-Williams

2025-10-21, London, UK : An external view of the famous Palm House at Kew Gardens is closing in 2027 for major renovation.

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How a stray cat with a big heart and even bigger claws climbed his way into our lives

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Toronto-based doula service aims to end disparities in Black maternal and neonatal health

Ijeoma Ukazu

An estimated 5.9 million Canadians don’t have a primary-care physician or nurse practitioner, according to a recent survey.

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Preventable deaths, ‘near-misses’ caused by overcrowding in Alberta emergency rooms, documents show

Alanna Smith

People walk out of Grey Nuns hospital in Edmonton Alberta, May 7, 2021. With the increased amount of COVID-19 cases in Alberta hospitals are getting over whelmed. Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail.

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Calgary’s water woes a ‘wake-up call’ for all of Canada, engineers warn

Patrick White

City crews check the damage on the Trans-Canada Highway from a reported water main break in Calgary, Alberta December 31, 2025. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail

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How ‘single exit stairway’ buildings could make cities better and safer

Alex Bozikovic and John Lorinc

Inge Roecker stands in the kitchen of her apartment in the Vancouver building she designed.

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Deal with China offers Alberta canola farmers relief, but sparks concern in Ontario’s auto sector

Matthew Scace, Greg Mercer and Carrie Tait

Murray Taks and his son Ryan on their 2,428-hectare farm near Crossfield, Alta., just north of Calgary. Mr. Taks worries the new canola deal with China will inflame U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Canadian freestyle skier Evan McEachran wins bronze in World Cup slopestyle

Winner Birk Ruud of Norway, centre, second place Matej Svancer of Austria, left, and third place Evan McEachran of Canada celebrate on the podium after the final run of the Freeski Slopestyle World Cup at the Laax Open, in Laax, Switzerland. (Andreas Becker/Keystone via AP)

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Skepticism around Blue Zones doesn’t mean their longevity wisdom isn’t real

Alex Cyr

Senior man looking old boat. Sardinia Italy

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Ottawa’s original grand downtown train station under consideration for city’s high speed rail hub

Bill Curry and Sean Silcoff

Senate of Canada building, and former train station, in Ottawa, Ontario January 16, 2026. Photograph by Blair Gable

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Curtain rises on the Terminal Theatre, Toronto’s reimagined stage by the water

Aisling Murphy

Nicolas Palazzolo, bottom, and Steffi DiDomenicantonio rehearse onstage for The Last Five Years at the Terminal Theatre in Toronto on January 15, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)

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Opinion

Public transit can anchor us in an evolving shared urban fabric

Craig Sklenar

A test train sits at Sloane Station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) in Toronto on Sept. 21, 2025.

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What my sister Ellen taught me about dignity and the importance of being seen

Harvey Max Chochinov

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The declining social good of social media

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Governments must go after social media platforms like X that allow users to create lewd pictures because these companies won't do it on their own.

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Trump and Europe are at each other’s throats. What does it mean?

Tim Sebastian

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 25: (Front row from L) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose with NATO country leaders for a family photo during the NATO Summit on June 25, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. This year's NATO summit, which brings together heads of state and government from across the military alliance, is being held in the Netherlands for the first time. Among other matters, members are to approve a new defense investment plan that raises target for defense spending to 5% of GDP. (Photo by Ben Stansall - Pool/Getty Images)

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The fallout from the Gaza War continues to be felt in the literary world

Marsha Lederman

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WestJet’s reconfigured planes are perfect – if you’re a toddler, or a glutton for punishment

Robyn Urback

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Business & Finance

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Carney’s EV deal with Beijing is high-wire diplomacy with risks on both sides

Mark Rendell

4 min read

(FILES) This photograph taken on January 10, 2024 shows electric cars for export waiting to be loaded on the "BYD Explorer NO.1", a domestically manufactured vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province. Canada will allow 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles to be imported under new, preferential tariff rates, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on January 16, 2026 after reaching a trade deal with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Carney’s tariff deal with China could risk auto-sector competitiveness, industry leaders say

Irene Galea

4 min read

Claudia Sjoberg founded a company called Pedalheads which teaches kids how to ride a bike, swim and overall fitness. She also has a charitable arm that offers free camps to children in at risk neighbourhoods.

Pitching in: How a Vancouver woman brought free sports camps to children in need

Paul Waldie

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The immigration shift away from Canada’s three biggest cities

Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal combined now account for less than half of new immigrants

2 min read

September 24th 2025. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail

Why Cyril, 65, and Dina, 59, must downsize to make the most of their retirement

Dianne Maley

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People walk north on Bay St. as they head to work in Toronto’s Financial Dsitrict on July 9, 2025. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)

Ontario’s new pay transparency rules could be a big win for your financial plan

Meera Raman

4 min read

FHSA, RRSP and TFSA wood blocks on top of randomly scattered Canadian one hundred dollar bills.

What Canadian investment accounts would be called if they were honestly named

Mariya Postelnyak

3 min read

Opinion and Analysis

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Quite the achievement for Mr. Carney in Beijing. Now what?

John Rapley

4 min read

Stock image of a beautiful young woman studying a see through computer screen & contemplating.

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In this soft labour market, the effective skills-based hiring strategy may follow the same path as remote work

Linda Nazareth

4 min read

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney inspects an honour guard during an official welcoming at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

opinion

Why is Mark Carney in Beijing? Blame the weather in Washington

Tony Keller

4 min read

FILE PHOTO: Pens for the diabetes drug Ozempic sit on a production line to be packaged at the Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's site in Hillerod, Denmark, September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo

opinion

Weight-loss drugs may trigger the next restaurant crisis

Chad Finkelstein

4 min read

Life & Culture

Second-wave Korean skin-care products to simplify your routine

These new K-beauty products promise to hydrate complexions and fortify skin barriers without the elaborate 10-step regimens once required

Ingrie Williams

3 min read

Aman’s all-suite hotel is a five-star sanctuary amid Thailand’s bustling capital

Claudia Laroye

Aman Nai Lert Bangkok, Thailand - Wellness, Swimming Pool_01165 copy 1

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Bangkok’s Chinatown brims with succulent food and even better art

Arundhati Hazra

Bangkok-Yaowarat Road 210175MKA Travel Story for Bangkok Chinatown food and art tour.

4 min read

What to look for during Toronto’s jam-packed design week

Odessa Paloma Parker

4 min read

review

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s benevolent bromance elevates Netflix thriller The Rip

Barry Hertz

THE RIP. (L to R) Ben Affleck as Det Sergeant JD Byrne and Matt Damon as Lieutenant Dane Dumars in The Rip. Cr. Warrick Page/Netflix © 2025.

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Canada & World

Artemis II sits in Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday.

NASA readies for historic Artemis II flight around the moon

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and crewmates will be first to travel beyond low Earth orbit in half a century

4 min read

Coral is visible in the protected area of France's Porquerolles National Park ahead of the U.N. Ocean Conference on Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Canada shores up commitment to protect high seas with UN treaty set to become law

3 min read

Allison Chang in Toronto on January 16, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)

Lancet study refutes claim of a link between Tylenol and autism

4 min read

A restricted gun licence holder holds an AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C., on May 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Federal firearm buyback program to open Monday with March 31 registration deadline

4 min read

A U.S. military vehicle from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State in Deir Hafer, Syria, on Friday.

U.S. says strike in Syria killed leader tied to Islamic State attack on American soldiers

2 min read

A man holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a funeral ceremony for a group of security forces, who were killed during anti-government protests, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Khamenei calls Trump a ‘criminal’ for backing Iran protests, blames demonstrators for deaths

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